It appears this bug was first reported against gnome-shell 3.28.3-0ubuntu0.18.04.4 (from last December). So it doesn't sound like it's a very new problem. At least not in 'gnome-shell'. It might be a regression in some other package.
** Changed in: gnome-shell (Ubuntu) Importance: Low => Medium -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Desktop Bugs, which is subscribed to gnome-shell in Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1826688 Title: GNOME Shell icon grid animation will play through, but the icons will remain in place or "chopped off" To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/gnome-shell/+bug/1826688/+subscriptions -- desktop-bugs mailing list desktop-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/desktop-bugs